The Congregation at Prayer

For the Week of Pentecost 5 (July 14-19, 2025)

Invocation: In the Name of the Father and of the (+) Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Speak the Apostles’ Creed. 

Verse: Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Hymn of the Week:  Lutheran Service Book #536 “One Thing’s Needful”

Hymns for Sunday: 545, 536, 618, 855 (v. 9), 862, 921

Readings for the Week: [The readings for Thursday-Saturday are the Scriptures for this coming Sunday.]

Monday: Psalm 27

Evildoers, foes, adversaries, armies, wars – yikes! How is satan all of this to you? What is our hope and confidence in the midst of attacks? How can we endure, rejoice, and give thanks?

Tuesday: 1 Kings 19:11-21

Ever been afraid like Elijah? How did the Lord come to him? How did the Lord deliver him? How does the Lord come to us and deliver us today? Who does the Lord use today?

Wednesday: 1 Peter 3:8-15

How should a Christian live? Why? Is this easy? What if others take advantage of us? What is our hope and confidence?

Thursday: Genesis 18:1–10a

Are God’s promises too good to be true? Why do we doubt them? What is the key to believing them and rejoicing in them?

Friday: Colossians 1:21-29

What were we once? What are we now? How did this happen? Why did this happen? What is our hope through all of life?

Saturday: Luke 10:38-42

What was the difference between Mary and Martha besides their actions? What is most necessary: for us to serve God, or for God to serve us? Why is it important to keep this straight?

The Catechism - The Lord’s Prayer: The Third Petition [Part 1]: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What does this mean? The good and gracious will of God is done even without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may be done among us also.

Collect for the Week: O Lord, grant us the Spirit to hear Your Word and know the one thing needful that by Your Word and Spirit we may live according to Your will; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

The Prayers:  Please pray for . . .

+ yourself and for all in need (remembering especially those on our prayer list).

+ God’s blessing, wisdom, and guidance for our congregation’s Commission on Mercy.

+ the Mission Province in Sweden, for God’s wisdom, blessing, guidance, and provision.

+ God’s blessing, guidance, and provision for the Higher Things youth organization.

Conclude with the Lord’s Prayer and Luther’s Morning or Evening Prayer from the Catechism.

Now joyfully go about your day (or to bed) in good cheer, child of God!

Collect for the Week © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.

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